Extra weight in your boat

[LovinPowell]

My wife would like to know if putting an extra 1,000 pounds of water (two bags) in our 21i for wake surfing would put so much extra wear and tear on the motor that it would affect (shorten) the life of the motor or the boat itself.

I told her that it wouldn't but could not substantiate my answer with any hard facts.

Your opinions are appreciated.

[CP3]

Go for it who cares if it shortens it. it makes it so much more fun

[kko]

to lovinpowells wife. as an ase/tige trained tech. i must report that the extra wieght will not be an issue as the eng. will still be operating in a normal rpm range at a speed wich it is designed for.and as for the boat its a tige no worries there either mate, shes built too last and has a lifetime warranty on the hull (best in indusrty by the way) therefore in my profesional opinion you need to give the green light on the bags and surf on !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! its WAY better with the extra wieght. PS.Lovin get me my $100 asap im trying to buy a boat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[talltigeguy]

I do not beleive it is much of an issue. I weight my boat heavily for surfing and do not think it puts much extra strain on the engine. The prop rotates through a liquid medium, so 'strain' is a very relative term here. The RPMs are still well within the operating range of the engine, so I would not worry about it.

Obviously, my RPMs are higher heavily weighted for the same speed, but running 2800 RPM for surfing is not going to hurt the boat.

[dogbert]

The reason they put weight limits on boats is because the CG has formulas about displacement. They are more worried about a boat sinking than the wear and tear. Knowing how Tige built my boat, I could probably get it pretty close to sinking before anything mechanical becomes an issue. We've had 1000lbs over the weight limit and it still gets up and gos. Tell your wife not to worry about it. Your boat is built like a tank!

[jleger98]

The only thing I will say is that when you get 1200lbs in the rear corner and start going 10mph, the prop will cavitate....at least it does on every boat I've surfed behind. Dunno about the newer Tigés. Anyway, that might "sound" like its hurting the engine, but its not. If anything its a little harder on the tranny, but not likely.

[dogbert]

The only thing I will say is that when you get 1200lbs in the rear corner and start going 10mph, the prop will cavitate....at least it does on every boat I've surfed behind. Dunno about the newer Tigés. Anyway, that might "sound" like its hurting the engine, but its not. If anything its a little harder on the tranny, but not likely.

Try moving some of that weight forward. You can't put all the weight in the rear corner.